John Whited, Flat Rock tornado victim

FLAT ROCK, Alabama -- John Whited, 77, Flat Rock, died on April 27 at his daughter's home on Jackson County 95.

He was known to most everyone on the north part of Sand Mountain as "Ob'' - a nickname apparently taken from his middle name, Osbern. "I never knew him as anything other than 'Ob,''' said Wayne Murphree, a longtime acquaintance. "'Ob' was a very laid-back, quiet, pleasant man.''